U2 Tour Halted

U2 Tour Halted

U2's world tour was brought to a standstill by protesters angry about noise from their last concert in Ireland yesterday (28.07.09).

The band may now miss their next performance in Gothenburg, Sweden, after angry residents blockaded a convoy of equipment leaving Croke Park Stadium, in Dublin.

The protesters had been angry about how loud the Irish band's three homecoming concerts at the stadium were, and were provoked into action when crew started dismantling the stage set in the middle of the night.

A blockade was set up at the main exit of the arena from 1am on Tuesday (28.07.09) to stop any lorries from leaving.

By the time protesters agreed to allow the vehicles access, the lorries carrying stage, audio and video equipment had all missed their ferry crossing to Sweden which could cause setbacks to the next scheduled show on Friday (31.07.09).

U2s tour manager Jake Berry said: "It affects the tour schedule. Read that any way you want. We should be on a boat.

"It's really put a damp squib on something which was a fantastic experience and a fantastic show."

U2 played to around 240,000 people at their three shows in Croke Park on Friday (24.07.09), Saturday (25.07.09) and Monday (27.07.09).